A True Blue Inclusion Solutions Forum

Writing the W into Engineering

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Sept. 14-15, 2016

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A True Blue Inclusion Solutions Forum

Writing the W into Engineering

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Sept. 14-15, 2016

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Be Part of the Answer.

Come together with other involved leaders to reshape engineering disciplines as fulfilling careers for women. Help reverse the declining number of women in engineering.

This True Blue Inclusion Solutions Forum will tackle head-on issues that so far have rebuffed the change essential to make engineering jobs rewarding for women. Participants will gather to rebut opinion with fact and on-the-job realities. Your experience, your voice and your insights can all be directing influences on the Forum outcomes.

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Agenda targets areas essential for change

The Forum’s agenda grows from more than six months of roundtables, other gatherings across the US. Business, academia and government came together to candidly discuss practices and issues, successes and failures. Distilled and curated from these conversations are three succinct areas the Forum will address.

  • Man Up: Why Men?
    The Forum will examine how personal accountability is the key for growing gender equity in the engineering disciplines.
  • Women: Why So Few? It’s an “And” World. Attract and Retain the Best
    The Forum will examine unique solutions to attract women into engineering field, change the way we invest our resources and unearth the insights that will help us stop trailing all other disciplines with STEM.
  • Difference Makes Me Strong: The Resiliency of Individuality
    The Forum will lead the discussion on topics related to the intersections of gender, the implications of gender washing and the interconnectedness of collective struggle, with a specific focus on race and ethnicity.

Speakers

Listed alphabetically are speakers who are solidly committed to present original views and findings. Others may be added.

(Speakers TBD)



Event Information and Registration Fees

What’s Included?

  • Pre-Forum Briefing Materials
  • Full Forum Participation both Wednesday, September 14 & Thursday, September 15
  • Cocktails and Seated Dinner, September 14 at The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library
  • Tour of The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library
  • Continental Breakfast and Lunch on September 15
  • Opportunity to Participate in a Virtual Post-Forum Feedback Loop for Great Ideas
  • Post-Forum receive downloadable BluePrint for Action for Writing the W Into Engineering

Fees

  • Corporations & Any For-Profit Entity - $1775/person
  • True Blue Inclusion Member Corporations - $1375/person (One Registration Included in Your Annual Membership)
  • Entities Participating in The Great Idea Hunt Roundtables - $1375/person
  • Universities, Associations and Any Not-for-profit Entity - $1175/person

Hotel

  • Hilton College Station & Conference Center
  • Discounted Nightly Rate: $149
  • Reservations can be secured by calling the hotel directly at 979-693-7500 or by calling Central Reservations at 1-800-HILTONS.
  • Note: Please mention group code WIE16 or group reservation name Women in Engineering
 

Additional Links & Resources

Dr. Adam Habib, Ph.D.

Dr. Adam Habib, Ph.D.

Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of Witwatersrand
www.wits.ac.za

Professor Habib is reknowned in South Africa as a political media commentator, columnist, activist, academic and administrator. His latest book, South Africa’s Suspended Revolution: Hopes and Prospects, brings into focus South Africa’s transition to democracy and its prospects for inclusive development. His 30 years of experience spans five universities and multiple local and international institutions. Transformation, democracy and development are the recurring fundamental themes in his work, in South Africa and around the world.

Dr. Martin Hall, Ph.D.

Dr. Martin Hall, Ph.D.

Chancellor, University of Salford, Manchester UK
www.salford.ac.uk

Professor Hall has written extensively about education, and social and economic transformation, driven by a motivating personal belief that access to and the nature of education are central to social justice. A recent work, Institutional Culture and Diversity: Engagement and Dialogue in a South African University, reached a worldwide audience with his thinking. With decades of experience in both business and academic institutions, he brings a framework of both historical and practical thinking to the table. A prolific writer, Prof. Hall posts his observations weekly at http://blogs.salford.ac.uk/martin-hall/.

Nobuzwe Mbuyisa

Nobuzwe Mbuyisa

Chairman, Chevron South Africa Proprietary Ltd.
www.chevron.com/countries/southafrica

Ms. Mbuyisa brings to her leadership role at Chevron both an intimate knowledge of South Africa and high expertise in the complexities of supply chain management. Born in Centane, Eastern Cape, she has lifelong personal experience with learning, growing and advancing within the South Africa business environment. Her work in planning, logistics and supply chain management reflects her skills in leading groups and organizations successfully through many-faceted, matrixed situations. She holds the designation of Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) from APICS, the global supply chain management professional group.

Stephen King

Stephen King

CEO Chevron South Africa and Vice President International Products – AMEP Region
www.chevron.com/countries/southafrica

Mr. King is a veteran of the global petroleum industry for close to 30 years, moving through a broad range of regional and global leadership positions. In assuming his current dual role in Chevron’s South Africa business, he brings experience in operations, business development, planning, process, sales and project management to the table. His expansive familiarity with the industry and with varying external operating environments is an asset in addressing the complex issues of the Black South African talent pipeline.

Dr. Mamokgethi Phakeng, Ph.D.

Dr. Mamokgethi Phakeng, Ph.D.

Professor and Vice Principal of Research, UNISA
www.mamokgethi.com / http://adopt-a-learner.com/about-us/

Professor Phakeng has intertwined experience and achievement in mathematics and community service in truly unique ways. Prolifically speaking and publishing internationally, she is author-affiliated with more than 85 professional papers, and has been a visiting professor in universities in 20 countries. Among her studies is the international paper Mathematics and Language Diversity. She is founder of Adopt-a-Learner Foundation, a non-profit organization providing financial support to individuals in South Africa township and rural areas to acquire higher education. She has many honors, including 2013 Most Influential Woman in Education and Training in South Africa.

Shashi Rabbipal

Shashi Rabbipal

Manager-Transformation Strategy Deployment, Chevron South Africa Proprietary Ltd.
www.chevron.com/countries/southafrica

Mr. Rabbipal is intimately engaged both within Chevron and with key South African public- and private-sector stakeholders on real-time Black South African talent pipeline issues. In more than two decades with Chevron, his positions included general management and marketing functions in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the UK. He now drives the company’s South Africa Transformation Strategy, and is responsible for deployment ensuring compliance with B-BBEE Codes. He leads Chevron relationships with key South African government departments, and advocacy efforts with the South African Petroleum Industries Association (SAPIA) Transformation Committee.

Dr. Sabie Surtee, Ph.D.

Dr. Sabie Surtee, Ph.D.

Director, Higher Education Resource Services, South Africa
www.hers-sa.org.za

Dr. Surtee builds on decades of intense experience in South African talent and employment issues to now coach, consult and do research in the areas of employment equity and diversity. After experience with the South African Department of Labor, she worked with the University of Cape Town to build the capacity of line managers and transformation committees in implementing employment equity initiatives. Later, she conducted she conducted employment equity research in the Western Cape for Business Unity SA, identifying barriers to EE that organizations there encounter. Concurrent with her other interests and duties, she is Director of HERSA, a non-profit organization advocating gender equity in higher education.

Shariq Yosufzai

Shariq Yosufzai

VP, Global Offices of Diversity and Ombuds , Chevron Corporation
www.chevron.com

Mr. Yosufzai is a center point of international issues related to diversity, inclusion and equity for Chevron, among other functions. With more than twenty years experience with the company, he has a broad range of experience across worldwide market and industry groups. It included serving as President for Chevron Global Marketing, where he led fuels marketing, commercial and industrial marketing, and convenience retailing across 90 countries and for three world-class brands. Prior to assuming his current role, he was VP-Chevron Corp., supporting the CEO and Chairman on the National Petroleum Council.